Where does “silmäkarkki” come from?
silmäkarkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkki, from Finnish karamelli, from Swedish karamell, from German Karamell, from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
silmäkarkki (Finnish): eye candy
Definitions
- eye candy
Ancestry of “silmäkarkki”, step by step
silmäkarkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karkki | sweet, candy |
| 2 | Finnish | karamelli | sweet, candy; caramel |
| 3 | Swedish | karamell | sweet, caramel; confection made of melted and... |
| 4 | German | Karamell | caramel |
| 5 | French | caramel | caramel, fudge |
| 6 | Spanish | caramelo | candy; caramel |
| 7 | Portuguese | caramelo | caramel; candy made of caramel; any candy |
| 8 | Latin | calamellus | A little reed or pen |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |